Engineering Manager

Our client is a progressive property group integrating asset management with residential, commercial and agricultural portfolios. With a strong pipeline of high-quality housing developments, they are looking to strengthen their technical team with an Engineering Manager who brings demonstrable housebuilding experience, ideally from cradle to grave. Key Responsibilities

• Manage engineering requirements across residential developments from initial land appraisal through to final completion and handover.
• Coordinate external specialist consultants and oversee detailed design packages for roads, drainage, utilities and site infrastructure.
• Secure all statutory technical approvals and legal adoption agreements, including Section 38, Section 104 and Section 278.
• Provide robust engineering input into pre-acquisition planning applications, budgets, costings and development programmes.
• Support on-site construction teams with complex engineering and ground condition queries.
• Oversee site infrastructure adoption processes with local authorities, highways departments and water undertakers. About You
• Proven engineering experience gained within residential development, volume housebuilding or a civil engineering consultancy environment.
• Strong working knowledge of highways, drainage, SuDS, cut-and-fill earthworks and statutory utility infrastructure.
• Demonstrable track record securing Section agreements (S38, S104, S278) and managing the adoption cycle.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to value-engineer infrastructure designs and control abnormal costs.
• Confident communicator skilled at driving external consultants and liaising with statutory bodies.